This is a record of my journey as a Muslim. I used to be Catholic and belonged to a missionary organisation. After my conversion, I sat on the board of a Muslim converts' organisation and specialised in da'wah programmes, convert management, interfaith issues and apostasy cases. I am an initiate of a Sufi order. As such, the articles and writings tend to cover these areas.
All the Arabic and graphics could not have been done without the help of my wife, Zafirah.

Tuesday, 2 February 2010

Consider the Flowers...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ
ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Does
Allah (s.w.t.) Care? How many times have we thought it was all a
lie, a sham, a cruel joke? How many
times have we been down, fallen, kicked?
Has anyone ever thought that we had prayed and supplicated and asked to
no avail? Perhaps we should consider
this.

There
are species of orchids that look like bees, flies and spiders. Biologists have discovered that the markings
are more than just beautiful, they are practical as well. Bees and other insects which need the nectar
of the flower for food, use the colors as a type of road map to the nectar
inside. The more hidden the nectar by
the design of the flower the more colourful the blossom. When we think about that for a moment, Allah
(s.w.t.) Put markings on flowers like
an arrow at the McDonalds drive through. How much care went into the design of a flower
just so tiny insects could have sustenance?

Now,
if Allah (s.w.t.) has Taken that much
Care to Provide Guidance and Provision for the very least of His Creation, how
much more will He Provide the same for His children? Of course, like the insect sometimes, we have
to look for the colours and follow them to their source. God does not always drop the provision into
our laps, but He always Gives us directions to find what we need.

So,
today, if we catch ourselves wondering if Allah (s.w.t.) really Cares about our needs, we consider the flowers. He Took Cares of the tiniest insects, why
should He not Take Care of us?

Allah has Bestowed His Gifts of sustenance more
freely on some of you than on others; those more Favoured are not going to
throw back their gifts to those whom their right hands possess, so as to be
equal in that respect. Will they then
deny the Favours of Allah? (Surah an-Nahl:71)

2 comments:

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. And yet I say to you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Why, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? (Matthew 6:28)